Software Engineer, Nimble Brain

Nimble Robotics • San Francisco, CA

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About The Position

Nimble is an AI robotics company developing autonomous supply-chain technology and generalist robots for tasks across commerce. The Software Engineer will join the Nimble Brain team and build backend and robotics infrastructure powering robot-enabled products. The role is primarily focused on software and systems engineering, working closely with the AI team to design and ship reliable services, APIs, and operational tooling.

Requirements

• Bachelor's, master's, or PhD in computer science or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• At least 1 year of professional software engineering experience.
• Strong self-learning and continuous-improvement mindset.
• Strong proficiency in at least one of Rust, Python, or C++.
• Strong fundamentals in backend services, distributed systems, data modeling, and API design.
• Demonstrated experience designing scalable systems and leading complex technical projects.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to collaborate across teams.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with an observability stack such as OpenTelemetry.
• Experience with AWS, Kubernetes, CI/CD, infrastructure as code, and production systems.
• Experience building internal developer platforms, tooling, or workflow systems.
• Exposure to automation environments such as warehousing, manufacturing, or logistics.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with robotics, machine learning, and product teams to define requirements and translate them into well-architected software systems.
• Design, build, and operate backend services and APIs supporting production workflows and customer-facing features.
• Own integrations among multi-agent systems, cloud infrastructure, internal tooling, and robot-facing interfaces.
• Build orchestration and state-management services for long-running operational processes.
• Improve reliability and scalability through testing, observability, incident response, and performance tuning.
• Promote software engineering best practices by producing high-quality, well-tested, maintainable code and contributing to code reviews.
• Mentor engineers and help improve team processes and technical standards.
• Participate in and often lead design reviews, code reviews, and technical planning sessions.
• Join an on-call rotation and help diagnose and resolve production issues.

Benefits

• Unlimited flexible time off.
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• Paid parental leave.
• Commuter benefits, including access to fully paid parking spots.
• Referral cash bonus for referred candidates who are hired.
• 401(k).
• Equity program.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level